Dec 30th 2008 8:30PM by Will Brinson (author feed)
Filed under: Cowboys, NFL Eliminated Teams, NFL Coaching, NFL Media Watch, NFL Rumors
Barry Switzer and Jimmy Johnson, according to the , got on a BCS related conference call recently, and given that their area of expertise rolls squarely over into Dallas Cowboys territory, reporters were, naturally, curious as to their thoughts re: Coach Cupcake’s return to Big D.
Johnson’s answer — despite possibly wanting to get some payback at Jerry Jones for earier remarks — was pretty stock in terms of the ‘Boys owner just not wanting to make changes. Switzer though, was a little less reserved, and called Tony Romo out for a few things.
They stink right now. Romo might be an overrated quarterback and gunslinger, throws the ball, takes too many chances, gambles. I just know that Jerry doesn’t want to do that and he’s certainly going to give it another year. I think every coach in pro football gets four years.
First off, as Bacon said, how awesome is it that, suddenly, the term “gunslinger” is considered an insult? Just a year or so ago, people were swooning over Romo’s similarities to Brett Favre. But after his apparent [over]exposure in New York, we can freely call people g-slingers again with the intent of calling them reckless.
And secondly, Switzer is right — the Cowboys stink and Romo is probably overrated; so much is made of his ability to have big games but look at the freaking offense that’s around him and then check out his December splits (hint: not good) and it’s not that hard to figure out he might be getting more credit than he’s due a lot of the time.
